Massimo Garlatti-Costa

film director & producer

I am an accreditated PIXEL LAB, EAVE, Ties That Bind and EURODOC producer.
I am an MA graduate in Television and Film Directing and Screenwriting at the Northern Media School at Sheffield Hallam University.
I graduate in Political Science / Sociology at the University of Triest in Italy.
I worked for more than 15 years as film director and producer both in commercials, fiction, documentary and crossmedia both in Italy and in the UK where I lived for more then 10 years.

SkillAchievement

WorkExperience

film director

I worked for more than 15 years as film director both in commercials, fiction, documentary and crossmedia projects. I lived in Austria for two years and in the UK for almost 10 years studying and then working as a freelance screenwrite/director for independent production companies and for the BBC.

producer

I have been producing multi-media projects for international broadcast, arts and education for almost decades. I am a graduate of the prestigious EAVE (European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs) Ties That Bind, Power to the Pixel cross-media Lab and the Regional Eurodoc Programme, I have produced work for all media; audio, visual, print and web.

Screenwriter

I started my career working as a freelance screenwriter, writing fiction films for several independent production company. I've written more then a dozen of short films for the BBC, films that I also directed. I still write my own scripts both for commercials and fiction.

University Lecturer

I worked from 2004 to 2009 as a Lecturer in Creative Writing & Media at the University of Udine (Italy) and as a Lecturer in Film and New Media at the University Consortium of Friuli (University of Udine) in 2004 and again in 2011.

Editor

I've started editing at the Northern Media School at the Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield. I find editing compelling and fascinating. I was really lucky to work with talented editors both in the UK and in Italy. I have edited myself a three documentary series for Italian broadcaster RAI, series that I also directed.